Ana Novo Barros
Ana Novo Barros is an Assistant Professor with Habilitation from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro. I have been the Director of the Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB) for 5 years (May 2017-July 2022) and of Institute for Innovation, Capacity building and Sustainability of Agri-Food production (Inov4Agro) for one year and half (January 2021-July 2022). She is responsible for the Phytochemicals Laboratory, and Coordinator of the Agri-Food Quality Group. My research targets are mainly in the identification, separation and recovery of functional molecules from different natural products, as well as their implementation as ingredients and bioactive compounds in food, with an ultimate goal to extract high added-value molecules and re-use them in the food chain (from agriculture to the consumer). In the last years, she was awarded with several prizes and distinction. She has published more than 100 scientific documents, including research articles, reviews and editorials, within the highest impact factor journals in the Food Science and Technology field (30 h-index, SCOPUS, march 2023). She was editor of 2 books and have written several book chapters. ANB has registered 8 national patents. She is editorial member of Antioxidants and Frontiers and have Special Issues in Molecules and Antioxidants journals. She is the coordinator from the European project WASTELESS|TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-08. Her scientific work has raised interest and has led to the SUPERVISION of Post-doc (3 concluded, 1 ongoing), PhD (11 concluded and 5 ongoing), Master (50 concluded and 7 ongoing) and Bachelor (60 concluded) students. She has been member of organizing committees of scientific conferences, presented invited lectures in international and national conferences, and has >400 oral/poster communications, including papers in conference proceedings. She has been member of PhD and Master defenses and also has 25 years of teaching experience. During a year, she also worked in the research area of the cosmetic company Mesosystem.